Hydrocarbon-generator.



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HYDROCARBON GENERATOR APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, I916- H. E.'R|EGEL & D. F. HORNING.

HYDROCARBON GENERATOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. s. 1916.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

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03 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS TO TH SUPER PRODUCER SALES Cit, A. CQRTPORAJION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

Wa na Specification of Letters Patent.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Generators, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in oil burners adapted to be positioned in the fire boat of the ordinary construction of stoves and ranges and who utilized to deliver heatto the stove lids and oven, its object being. to provide a .constructidn adaptable to the use of either kerosene or gasolene.

By means of our novel features of construction and combination we claim to secure a more efficient burner of this class than ordinarily employed.

To this end the invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 shows a side elevation of our improved. burner; Fig. 2 is a diagranimaticside view; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a range, broken away, and. with a burner arranged therein; and 4 is a section on line H of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the fire box of an ordinary'stove or range and B the grate bars thereof. a

In carrying out our ideas we employ a hor zontally d sposed gas supply pipe 2 having a gas inlet portion or tube 3 centrally connected with the underside thereof and extending outwardly parallel thereto,

the inlet tube havi g an open outer end. The gas i l t tune is formed with lateral branch 2.1 tubes ll formed with feet 5 to rest upon Ln]?! grate. The supply tube 2 is sun-ported between the ends 6 of the burner y ns of rod extending throng b o y tube and through parts being held tob ergetlier anut threaded upon end. of rod. lfhe burner ends are formed. with feet 9 corresponding with the feet 5. The

burner ends are in the form of branching conduits 10. Between the upper ends of are supported through the medium of rods filer tubes 11 Patented as. so, 1917.

Application. filed April 8, 1915. Serial 3E0. $9,948.

12 extending through the burner tubes and burner ends and carrying fastening nuts 13. The burner tubes are formed upon their upper sides with a plurality of spaced slots 14 constituting gas outlet openings.

By loosening the nuts upon theends of therods the burner tubes may be turned to adjusted positions to regulate the discharging direction of the gas through the jet openings. Supported upon the top of the supply tube. 2 and preferably formed integral therewith is a generating pan 15.

For the purpose ofsupplying the oil to the burner and generating the same we pro-. vide the following parts. or pipe 16 leads from a source of supply outside the range, being provided with a controlling valve 17. The pipe 16 is directed over the top of the generator pan to An oil inlet tube constitute a generator pipe 18, as shown in Fig. 1, being thence bent back upon itself between the burner pipes 11 and thence downwardly adjacent the end of the front end of'the humor with the outletend 19 of the generator pipe 18 projected into the inlet end of the tube portion 3, the outlet end 19 being fitted with a suitable valve 20.

As heretofore described the burner tubes may be turned into adjusted positions by. the loosening of'the nuts upon the securing rods to change the'angle at which the flame from the burner openings 14: strike the intermediate generator tube 18. This allows the use of different oils as kerosene or gasolene, a more direct striking of the flame against the generator tube being required in the use of kerosene than in the use of gasolene.

In use, the burner will be positioned with in the fire box, as shown in the drawings, and connected with a suitable exterior source 1 supply. In starting the burner, the i? will be open to allow the oil to pass into the. generator tube, the generator panbeing filled with. suitable generating material, as alcohol, and ignited to heat and turn the oil 111 the generating tube lnto gas. The

valve 29. then being opened will direct the generated gas through the inlet tube portion. and supply tube 2 and end conduits 19 of the burner to the burner tubes. 'From the burner tubes the gas will be discharged from the discharge openings 14 to heat the lids of the stove and the-oven Wall, and at the same time to further heat the portion of .range of adjustability and through the distribution arrangement of the gas supply conduits and air inlet conduits secure the maximum amount of eliicicnoy.

We claim:

1. A burner of the class described comprising a horizontally disposed gas supply 7 tube, conduits extending upwardly and radially from the ends of said supply tube, burner tubes connecting the upper ends of said conduits, and a fuel supply tube passing between the burner tubes and discharging into the gas supply tube.

2. A burner of the class described comprising a horizontally disposed gas supply tube, a pair of horizontally disposed burner tubes rotatably mounted. above said supply tube and communicating therewith, and a fuel supply tube passing between said burner tubes and thence into position for discharging into said gas supply tube.

3. A burner of the class described comprising a horizontally disposed gas supply tube, a pair of horizontally disposed burner tubes rotatably mounted'above said supply tube and communicating therewith, a generator pan supported by said gas supply tube,

and a fuel supply tube passing between said burner tubes and thence over said pan and into position for discharging into said gas supply tube.

4. A burner of the class described comprising a gas supply tube and a gas inlet portion, said gas inlet portion being formed with lateral air inlet openings, a pair of burner tubes rotatably mounted above and communicating with said gas supply tube,

and a fuel supply tube passing between said burner tubes and into position'for discharging into the inlet portion of said gas supply tube.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' HUGO E. RIEGEL.

DAVID F. HORNING.

Witnesses:

J. FACTOR, J. FENALoN. 

